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con•script

Pronunciation: (
—v.kun-skript';
—n., adj.kon'skript), [key]
—v.t.
1. to draft for military or naval service.
2. to compel into service.

—n.
a recruit obtained by conscription.

—adj.
enrolled or formed by conscription; drafted: a conscript soldier.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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